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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-12437: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-12437: Dropbear: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/15/2018
Created
07/30/2020
Added
07/29/2020
Modified
07/29/2020

Description

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-dropbear

References

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